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| FLash | Secret service to check petition signature
A cruise industry group has hired a former Secret Service agent to check the authenticity of more than 23,000 petition signatures supporting an election initiative that would impose a $50 US head tax on cruise passengers. |
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| Cdns now altering instead of cancelling travel to tsunami ravaged countries |
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Less than two weeks after the south Asian tsunami, tourism officials say Canadian travellers are altering instead of outright cancelling plans to visit areas devastated by the disaster. Allison Eaton, spokeswoman for Flight Centre's North American operations, said its Canadian offices fielded hundreds of cancellations in the week after the catastrophe. ``The only people that weren't cancelling were people that were going for family ties. We had people that were actually moving their dates up because they were concerned about family members,'' she said from Vancouver.
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| Air Canada to Introduce Non-Stop Service Between Toronto and Seoul; Builds Toronto Hub as Gateway to Asia |
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 Air Canada today announced that it will introduce non-stop flights between Toronto and Seoul, further building its main Toronto hub with more non-stop services to Asia. Air Canada will operate three times weekly non-stop service from Toronto beginning July 1, 2005, complementing its daily non-stop flights from Vancouver to Seoul. With an elapsed time of 14 hours 15 minutes westbound and 12 hours 55 minutes eastbound, the non-stop flight will save travellers 3 hours 20 minutes compared to the Vancouver routing.
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| ATAC commends Halifax International Airport Authority for decreasing aeronautical fees |
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The President of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC) released today this letter to the Halifax International Airport Authority commending it for its recent decision to decrease aeronautical fees.
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| Ont. shrugs off winter storm that rips through Canada U.S. Great Lakes region |
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A winter storm that pelted the Great Lakes region Thursday with freezing rain, ice and snow, ravaging parts of the United States, left southwestern Ontario relatively unscathed. The storm caused a number of delays and cancellations at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Thursday morning, although airport officials said most were the result of grounded flights in the U.S.
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| Cendant Travel Distribution Services Appoints Mitch Truwit as CEO and President, Americas Consumer Travel |
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Cendant Travel Distribution Services (TDS), a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE:CD) announced today the appointment of Mitch Truwit to the role of TDS' CEO and president, Americas Consumer Travel, effective immediately.
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| FLash | Post-holiday Fatigue Leaves Canadians Tired and Ready to Travel, Reveals Survey
Though late December is often referred to as the ‘holiday season,’ many Canadians feel anything but relaxed once the festivities are finished. According to a recent Expedia.ca/Ipsos-Reid poll, one-third of Canadians report being exhausted after visiting home for the holidays and say they need a vacation from their vacation. In fact, 76 per cent of Canadians are planning to holiday in the new year. “Ideally, we’d all like to start the new year off fresh, but a hectic December leaves many of us in need of a real holiday,” says François Daoud, Marketing Manager, Expedia Canada. “We’re in for a good three months of snow, so this is a great time to head down south for some much-needed rest and relaxation.” |
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| FLash | Varig may cut domestic flights soon without debt restructuring agreement
Varig, Brazil's flagship airline, may be forced to cut domestic routes soon if the company and government officials don't reach an agreement aimed at reducing the carrier's mammoth debt, Varig's top executive said Thursday. Varig wants to slash debt by using proceeds of a December court decision expected to give the carrier about 2 billion reals ($741 million US) for losses from government-imposed price controls on airline ticket prices in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Brazil's government has said it will appeal the decision. But airline chief executive Carlos Luiz Martins told reporters that the airline may have to cut less profitable routes if a solution isn't reached soon, according to the official Agencia Brasil news agency. |
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